On May 17, the CEE community gathered to celebrate the class of 2018 and to recognize outstanding accomplishments from the past year. Department Head Markus Buehler announced the winners of the CEE Awards, including student, faculty, […]
Professor Charlie Harvey, Assistant Professor Dave Des Marais, Professor Dara Entekhabi, and Paul M Cook Career Development Assistant Professor Benedetto Marelli each received seed grant funding from the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security […]
Institute Professor Sallie (Penny) Chisholm received an honorary degree from Harvard University for her distinguished career and for her role in the discovery of Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organisms on Earth. Chisholm received […]
Graduate student Tiziana Smith SM ’16 was featured on MIT News for her research on water resources and food security in China. Smith has created a hydrological model that simulates the relationship between crop production and […]
Administrative Officer Angela Mickunas and Academic Administrator Kiley Clapper were both recipients of 2018 School of Engineering Awards. Angela Mickunas received an Ellen J. Mandigo Award for Outstanding Service, awarded to a staff member who shows […]
Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir, Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf, and Ford Professor of Engineering and MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart were inducted to MIT’s Quarter Century Club. The Quarter Century Club is for […]
Tchelet Segev ’18 MEng ’18 was profiled on MIT News for her dedication to service during her four years at MIT. Segev was a member of numerous organizations, including the Undergraduate Association Special Projects Committee (UA), […]
Professor Elfatih Eltahir, the Breene M. Kerr Professor of Hydrology and Climate, hosted an international workshop at MIT on “the Future of the Nile Water,” on April 26 and 27. At the workshop, Eltahir presented a […]
Assistant Professor Lydia Bourouiba was featured in Scientific American for her role in Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science, an anthology of short documentaries produced by Science Friday and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Breakthrough: Portraits […]
Yossi Sheffi, the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems and CEE, and Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, spoke with The Boston Globe about his book, “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in […]
CEE Research Night, held on April 24, brought the community together to showcase the wide range of research conducted in the department. Featuring over 30 electronic posters, the night was filled with research presentations and networking. […]
The MIT Refugee Action (ReACT) Certificate Program, created by Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor Admir Masic, began a collaboration with the MITx MicroMasters program in data, economics, and development policy and the Abdul […]
Professor Herbert Einstein was interviewed in a Forbes article about Elon Musk’s proposed high-speed underground tunnels in Los Angeles. In the article, Einstein provided expert insight into tunnel engineering and Musk’s proposed design. The article also […]
Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems and CEE, and Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, recently published a new book entitled “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business and When […]
A review from Professor Markus Buehler, former postdoc Shengjie Ling and David Kaplan of Tufts University was featured on the cover of the April edition of Nature Reviews: Materials. The paper, entitled “Nanofibrils in nature and […]